Business cards have become an indispensable part of our daily business activities. A small card expresses the essence of a company.
We will give a detailed introduction here about the method of making business cards, which contains several parts. Here is a brief introduction: 1. Prepare the information, that is, the information you want to print on the business card.
2. Business card design, that is, the layout of business cards.
3. Selection of business card paper.
4. Business card production process 5. Business card production company prints business cards.
1. Materials prepared for making business cards: the information you want to print on the business card, including: company LGOO, name, position, phone number, contact address, instant messaging number, email address, company website, etc. You can also put the company’s product information
On top, there are many types of business cards, the most common of which are Chinese and English versions.
In this way, the relevant information required for a business card is basically complete. If you want to print more personalized information, you can think of it yourself.
2. Introduction to business card design software: Business card software: There are many ways to design business cards, which are generally achieved through design software. Commonly used software include CorelDRAW (abbreviated as CD or CDR) and Illustrator (abbreviated as AI). Generally, the commonly used PHOTOSHOP (
PS (abbreviated as PS), these softwares are commonly used software that are simple and easy to learn. When printing, the files designed by these softwares can basically be used universally, and errors will not occur due to software interchange during the printing process.
CD and AI software are vector editing software, which are the best choices in design. The vector expression effect can prevent the text from being jagged during the printing process, and the edges of the graphics are clear, and the text is easy to edit.
There is also the use of WORD to design, but the design is limited to the functions of WORD, and it is difficult to show a more ideal effect. You can design a sketch and send it to us, and we will complete the rest of the beautification.
Size of business card design: There are many kinds of "business card design sizes", the most common of which are the standard sizes of 90*54 and 90*50. Most domestic business card printing manufacturers provide printing standards of this size, and there are
The size is 90*55, but few printing companies provide this service for the size opening of 90*55, so it is best not to use it.
When many foreign friends come to print, the sizes are 85*50 and 85*54. These two sizes are more individual. 85*50 is more delicate, and 85*54 is more grand. Maybe it can stand out among many normal sizes.
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In addition, the general size of "folding card design business cards" is within 90*108 or 180*54. We have printed 378*54 sizes for customers, which is quite personalized.
Layout of business card design: Design layout, production and distribution method. What needs to be mentioned here is the company LOGO (logo, trademark). This is the essence of the company. The overall design should be centered around the company's LOGO, including standard colors, standard words, etc., etc.
Enterprises have designed their own VIS (corporate visual identity), the most important of which is designed and executed around the LOGO.
You can also choose a picture to put in the business card, or you can choose a beautiful shading (you can choose a light-colored picture of the LOGO as the shading).
Regarding "portrait business cards", many companies now print their own photos on business cards, and you can also try this option.
Business card color: Color (the combination of hue, brightness, and chroma) is a relatively complex and intuitive language. Designing a personalized color combination is of great significance to business cards.
3. Business card paper: Four-color business cards - i.e. color printed business cards. The commonly used popular papers are copper paper and white cardboard. The intervention of large-scale printing machines has made it no longer difficult for business cards to perform well. A few years ago, printing four-color business cards was still difficult.
, but now it has become very simple. The standing papers we provide include matte paper, textured paper, and other papers that can also be solved with digital printing.
Spot color business cards - that is, business cards are printed by business card machines. Nowadays, more companies choose PANTONE colors to express their business card colors, so they need to adjust the ink color for printing.
This type of business card has many advantages in paper selection. There are hundreds of paper options to choose from, which can better highlight the personality of your business card.
4. Business card production process: From the printing method, it can be divided into: offset business cards, four-color business cards (color offset business cards), digital printing business cards, metal business cards, PVC card business cards, etc.
There are also some services that provide printing of business cards, but we do not recommend this method.
From the production process, it can be divided into: hot stamping business cards (common ones are: gold, sub-gold, red gold, blue gold), embossed business cards (two quick plates roll the parts that want to protrude), drum-character business cards (printed
Business cards are heated with resin to protrude the parts they want to protrude), special-shaped business cards (die-cut into the desired shape, also called die-cut), folded cards (folded to display more information), etc.
5. Business card production company prints business cards. Find a business card production company to print business cards.